Sebastian Temple

TEMPLE, Sebastian. b. Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, 12 February 1928; d. Tucson, Arizona, 16 December 1997. He was raised by his grandparents. At the age of 16 he wrote a romantic novel, and using its royalties moved to Italy. In 1951 he moved to London and prepared BBC news broadcasts relating to South Africa. Temple went to the United States in 1958, lived in Washington DC, was a Scientologist for ten years, converted to Catholicism and became a Secular Franciscan. He was a student of Yoga techniques, philosophy and psychology, wrote a number of books on Yoga, including How To Meditate (npi, 1972), and led Yoga retreats and workshops. His album, The Universe Is Singing, consists of...